WebTimeline of World War II (1943) Timeline of World War II (1944) Timeline of World War II (1945) Wars, campaigns, and battles. Timeline of the invasion of Poland (1939) Timeline of the Battle of France (1939–1940) Timeline of the Battle of the Atlantic (1939–1945) Timeline of the Winter War (1939–1940) Timeline of the Norwegian Campaign ...

Web1945-05-08 – End of World War II in Europe; 1945-05-06 – 1945-05-11 – Prague Offensive; 1945-05-08 – 1945-05-09 ... Strategic operations of the Red Army in World War II; Timeline of the Second World War; Notes and references This page was last edited on 22 July 2022, at 10:14 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...

WebThe Allies of World War II cooperated extensively in the development and manufacture of new and existing technologies to support military operations and intelligence gathering during the Second World War. There are various ways in which the allies cooperated, including the American Lend-Lease scheme and hybrid weapons such as the Sherman …

WebThe military history of the United Kingdom in World War II covers the Second World War against the Axis powers, starting on 3 September 1939 with the declaration of war by the United Kingdom and France, followed by the UK's Dominions and Crown colonies, on Nazi Germany in response to the invasion of Poland by Germany. There was little, …

WebThe Maquis (French pronunciation: ) were rural guerrilla bands of French and Belgian Resistance fighters, called maquisards, during the Nazi occupation of France in World War II.Initially, they were composed of young, mostly working-class, men who had escaped into the mountains and woods to avoid conscription into Vichy France's Service du travail …

WebIn 1940 Romania's territorial gains made following World War I were largely undone. In July, after a Soviet ultimatum, Romania agreed to give up Bessarabia and northern Bukovina (the Soviets also annexed the city of Hertsa, which was not stated in the ultimatum).Two-thirds of Bessarabia were combined with a small part of the Soviet Union to form the Moldavian …

WebThe military history of the United States during World War II covers the victorious Allied war against the Axis Powers, starting with the 7 December 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor and ending with the 2 September 1945 surrender of Japan.During the first two years of World War II, the United States had maintained formal neutrality which was made official in the …

WebThe first bombing of Dublin in World War II occurred early on the morning of 2 January 1941, when German bombs were dropped on the Terenure area of south Dublin. This was followed, early on the following morning of 3 January 1941, by further German bombing of houses on Donore Terrace in the South Circular Road area of south Dublin. A number of …

WebThe Italian campaign of World War II, also called the Liberation of Italy following the German occupation in September 1943, consisted of Allied and Axis operations in and around Italy, from 1943 to 1945.The Joint Allied Forces Headquarters (AFHQ) was operationally responsible for all Allied land forces in the Mediterranean theatre and it …

WebThe European theatre of World War II was one of the two main theatres of combat during World War II.It saw heavy fighting across Europe for almost six years, starting with Germany's invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939 and ending with the Western Allies conquering most of Western Europe, the Soviet Union conquering most of Eastern …